Gun-support.



L. A. BAERMAN.

GUN SUPPORT APPLICATION'FILED AUG-25,1915- Patented J uly 17, 1917.

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LUDWIG, ALFRED BAERMAN, or.

GUN-SUPPORT. i

To all whom it may concern.

' to a fixture on shore,

Be it known that I, LUDWIG ALFRED BAER MAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of WVisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in Gun-Supports,

of which the following is a specification.

. My invention relates to a devlce for supporting a gun although the use of this device is not limited to this specific. purpose and the object is to provide asimple supportwhich is easily Secured in place and is adaptable to many boat designs and boatloading conditions. Further objects will become apparent from. the following description.

The construction embodies a supporting-- member having means for quickly and con veniently securing it to the gunwale, coaming or other part of a boat, skiff, canoe, or the supporting mem her being provided with a means adapted to directly or other object. oluble so the gun with safety ma and quickly placed therein an therefrom. 1

The invention alsoconsists in the features of construction and combination of parts hereinafter described and specified in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating.the preferred embodiments of my invention: w I

Figure l is a bottom plan of thegun rest;

Fig. 2, a side view thereof; v Fig. 3, a vertical section of a part of gun rest on the line 12, Fig; 2;

Fig. 4:, a vertical section of a part of the gun rest on the line 3i,-Fig. 2; v

Fig. 5, a vertical section of gun rest on line 56, Fig. 2;

Fig. 6, a similar view showing one of sev- The gun rest is made revbe easlly removed eral differentiations of the section'sho'wnin Fig, 5 i

F ig,,.. 7, a top view of the supporting bracket as it appears after the removal of the gun rest;

Fig. 8, represents a section on the line 78, Fig. 7, looking toward the left; i

Fig. 9, a side view of the supporting I bracket as it appears afterjth'e removal of the gun rest.

Fig.- 10, a view of the connecting bolt ILWAUKEE, Wiscons n; AssI'Gixf WILLIAM BERTRAM BOLLES, 0F MILWAUKEE} wrsco vsr Specification of Letters Patent. I Application'filed August 25', 1915. Serial No. 47,3051

receive and support a gun, rifle.

and Fig. aview o f whereby the 5=rest I) and :th

connected together.

6;; clamping nuts '5 Referring more particu" rl' to the idraw ings, A designates thensupporting. having an attachment clamp -13 WhiC is: so. constructed that it may befused on the side rail or other part of aboator fiktureswg; i v The arm part 0fl3h6;.'1bI&Ckeb terminates" atits outer endin a circulan earm assismore specifically represented. in]; Figs. -i7 and "'9, and said ear has the "-a'-- oer tu1'"e lb, therethrough. A lug c pro ects.-ilaterally ifroin;

the. end of the bracket Zarm aforga -purpose' hereinafter explained. uDfrepresents 'tlie gun rest made in the form of a frame or bar having an upwardly open crotch f at its forward end and an additional crotch g at the opposite end. The crotch f is proportioned to accommodate the barrel of a'gun. The rest D is provided with the depending ear It which has an aperture 2' therethrough and which rotatively engages'the screw stud C, such depending ear h preferably of cylindrical form, has a plurality of spaced depressions and has a base'pfortion j in contact against the substantially: plane base portion is of the circular ear whichis a part of 3 the supporting bracket A.

A part of the ear h. is .made of notched form, that is the teeth are in gear arlangement as indicated at Z for engagement with the fixed tooth c on the bracket.

When the parts have been adjusted for .the proper positioning of the gun to suit the sportsman, the aperture?) is brought into. alinement with the aperture 2', the screw threaded stud C is slid into the alined apertures b and 2', one of the thumb nuts 0! is of the circularear a of the bracket A and the thumb nut c is brought up tightly on the screw stud against the outer face of securely tightened against the outside base the depending ear k on the gun rest D,

binding the contact base of the ear a of the bracket A against the ear '7). of the gun rest.

The tight drawifig A of the threaded thumb-nuts d and e on the screw threaded stud, serves the double purpose of preventing rotative movement of the screw stud and any swiveling movement of the gun rest. relatively to the bracket. movement on its horizontal axis of the depending ear 1:. is furthermore safeguarded The rotative engage the lug 0.

against,jby the In a. All the notches Z he adjusted relation of the bracket A and the gun rest D is fixed by the notch in the. series of notches Z occu pied by the lug 0. This invention is not limited either by the number or shape of" the notches shown.

"=By loosening one of the thumb nuts 6 to an extent to permit the screW' stud to slide through the aperture 1) in the ear 0;, sufliciently far to carry the lug 0 on the bracket quite a distance away from the base of the depending ear h on the gun rest, the engaging lug c is placed entirely out of mesh with the notched surface Z.

' Without departing from the spirit of the invention, the ear a of the bracket A may have the notches Z and the ear k of the gun-rest D may have the lug 0. Also either the braokeflor gun-rest may be provided with a plurality of ears which are not limited by the shape of the ears shown. The

shape of either the bracket or the gun rest distorted and the relative position of the cars is changed when the ears are drawn together in the clamp. This action causes the ears to mutually grip and hold the gunrest in fixed position relative to the bracket.

a frame bifurcatedat its ends and a depending part adapted to engage an arm part of the supporting bracket and clamping means whereby the gun may be adjusted and retained in various positions substantially at right angles reiativeio the bracket.

L. ALFR 1CD BA 1611M AN. Witnesses:

R0151. A. Jan-3mm, WILLIA n B. lmnmzs. 

